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General information Core i7-3820 Core2 Duo E8600
Launched Q1 2012 Q4 2008
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011 LGA775
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core 2 Duo
Core Family Name Sandy Bridge-E Wolfdale
Clock 3.6 GHz 0 % 3.3 GHz 8.3 %
Cores 4 0 % 2 50 %
Threads 8 0 % 2 75 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 0 % 65 W 50 %
Lithography 32 nm 28.9 % 45 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 4 × 256 kB
1 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-3820 Core2 Duo E8600
Overall Score 43918 0 % 30689 30.1 %
Future Proof 28 % 0 % 10 % 64.3 %
Benchmark Score 3720 0 % 887 76.2 %
Single Thread Score 1754.2 0 % 1398.6 20.3 %
Encrypting Data 1720.2 MB/s 14.5 % 2011.1 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 92.9 MB/s 0 % 28.1 MB/s 69.8 %
String objects sorting 13856.3 thousand/s 0 % 3798.9 thousand/s 72.6 %
Prime numbers generation 27.9 millions/s 0 % 11 millions/s 60.4 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 21718.8 millions/s 0 % 5947.1 millions/s 72.6 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 8175 millions/s 0 % 3488 millions/s 57.3 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-3820, Core2 Duo E8600.

Average frames per second Core i7-3820 Core2 Duo E8600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 85.1 FPS 45.9 FPS
High settings 136.1 FPS 73.5 FPS
Medium settings 170.1 FPS 91.9 FPS
Low settings 212.7 FPS 114.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 46 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Grand Theft Auto V.

Grand Theft Auto V Core i7-3820 Core2 Duo E8600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 127.6 FPS 104.4 FPS
High settings 204.2 FPS 167.0 FPS
Medium settings 255.3 FPS 208.7 FPS
Low settings 319.1 FPS 260.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 18.2 %
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